BSOD 272 (DRIVER_INVALID_CRUNTIME_PARAMETER): causes and diagnosis

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Description: a kernel-mode driver passed an invalid parameter to a C runtime validation path.

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Constant	Type	OS
STATUS_PAGE_FAULT_TRANSITION	NTSTATUS	Windows

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DRIVER_INVALID_CRUNTIME_PARAMETER

Invalid C runtime parameter in driver code

DRIVER_INVALID_CRUNTIME_PARAMETER is bug check code 0x00000110. The built-in table identifies it as DRIVER_INVALID_CRUNTIME_PARAMETER; the useful diagnostic question is what Windows component raised the stop and which invariant failed.

This bug check indicates that a driver hit a kernel C runtime invalid-parameter path. It is usually a driver programming error: invalid buffer length, format string, pointer, count, or contract passed to a checked CRT-style helper.

How to read the parameters

The crashing instruction and stack identify the driver and the runtime validation routine.
The bug check name is about a driver parameter contract, not about user-mode C runtime exceptions.
A corrupted parameter value may be the symptom of earlier memory damage.

What to check in the dump

Inspect the failing driver stack and the arguments passed to the runtime helper.
Enable Driver Verifier and compiler/runtime checks for the driver under test.
Audit string, memory, and formatted-output helpers for length, null-termination, and trusted-size assumptions.

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